{"id":1956209,"date":"2023-06-24T14:40:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-24T18:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/when-gen-milley-retires-battalion-will-be-tasked-with-trawling-social-media-for-one-type-of-post\/"},"modified":"2023-06-24T14:41:53","modified_gmt":"2023-06-24T18:41:53","slug":"when-gen-milley-retires-battalion-will-be-tasked-with-trawling-social-media-for-one-type-of-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/when-gen-milley-retires-battalion-will-be-tasked-with-trawling-social-media-for-one-type-of-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Battalion to Monitor Social Media for Specific Posts as Gen. Milley Retires."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhen-gen-milley-retires-battalion-will-be-tasked-with-trawling-social-media-for-one-type-of-post%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1956209&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Protecting General Mark Milley&#8217;s Reputation: The Role of Social Media Surveillance<\/h2>\n<p>As one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/egypt-holds-parade-of-mummies-to-reignite-tourist-interest\/\" title=\"Egypt holds \u2018Parade of Mummies\u2019 to reignite tourist interest\">top military officials<\/a> in the country prepares to leave office, a special battalion has been tasked with scouring social media to protect his reputation.<\/p>\n<p>General Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is set to retire at the end of this year. Meanwhile, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2023\/06\/17\/army-surveillance-social-media\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Intercept<\/a>, U.S. Army Protective Services Battalion, the Pentagon\u2019s own Secret Service, is being assigned to protect him from threats, including social media \u201cembarrassment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Protective Service has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/when-gen-milley-retires-battalion-will-be-tasked-with-trawling-social-media-for-one-type-of-post\/\" title=\"Battalion to Monitor Social Media for Specific Posts as Gen. Milley Retires.\">long sheltered top military brass<\/a> from harm, but in a document from September 2022, the battalion\u2019s scope was expanded to include scouring <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bidens-primary-challenger-banned-social-media-platform-things-take-turn-elon-musk-gets-involved\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a> looking for \u201cdirect, indirect, and veiled\u201d threats and \u201cnegative sentiment\u201d regarding the people under its protection, and that includes Gen. Milley.<\/p>\n<p>In essence, the Protective Service is monitoring social media for any criticism of the general.<\/p>\n<h3>Voices of Concern<\/h3>\n<p>In response, several people have spoken out against this very disturbing turn of affairs. Ilia Siatitsa, director of Privacy International, told The Intercept, \u201cExpressing \u2018positive or negative sentiment towards a senior high-risk individual\u2019 cannot be deemed sufficient grounds for government agencies to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/naval-recovery-mission-underway-to-find-chinese-spy-balloons-debris\/\" title=\"Naval Recovery Mission Underway to Find Chinese Spy Balloon\u2019s Debris\">conduct surveillance operations<\/a>,\u201d Siatitsa said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe ability to express opinions, criticize, make assumptions, or form value judgments \u2014 especially regarding public officials \u2014 is a quintessential part of democratic society,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/06\/23\/veterans-slam-pentagons-social-media-surveillance-push\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a> reported that several veterans have spoken out against the military\u2019s monitoring of social media in order to protect officials from criticism.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy are we wasting resources on what\u2019s quasi-spying or at least monitoring the First Amendment rights of our citizens?\u201d Marine veteran Mark Geist asked.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Florida\u2019s Republican Congressman Cory Mills, an army veteran, said, \u201cWhile our adversaries are focused on military strategy and increasing capabilities, our Pentagon is worried about mean <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media posts<\/a> and pronouns. This is another example of the backward priorities of the Biden administration who have put military readiness on the back burner.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Giest and Mills are absolutely spot-on here. First, it goes without saying that it is beyond disturbing that the military would be engaging in this type of surveillance.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/elon-musk-shares-meme-guide-constitution-expresses-importance-2nd-amendment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">First Amendment<\/a> guarantees the right of Americans to criticize their government, and using the military to survey the public for criticism is a direct violation of the Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/china-finalizing-plans-put-troops-100-miles-us-mainland-day-meeting-biden-admin-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">foreign adversaries<\/a> become more and more emboldened by America\u2019s weakness, the military should be focused more on countering their aggression, rather than investigating mean tweets from American citizens.<\/p>\n<p>More than ever, we need a military that is going to defend Americans from harm.<\/p>\n<h3>Criticizing General Milley<\/h3>\n<p>This brings us to the fact that if there is anyone in the military who is worthy of harsh criticism, it is Milley, who is one of the worst commanders the country has ever had.<\/p>\n<p>He has presided over some of the worst disasters in American military history, most notably the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bidens-afghanistan-withdrawal-left-staggering-amount-weaponry-behind-taliban-seize-official-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Afghanistan withdrawal<\/a>, during which his ineptitude was on display for the whole world to see.<\/p>\n<p>It also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mark-levin-pelosi-key-role-gen-milleys-undercutting-trumps-military-authority\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">came to light<\/a> in Bob Woodward and Robert Costa\u2019s book \u201cPeril\u201d that Milley reportedly went behind then-President Donald Trump\u2019s back in October of 2020 to call Chinese Gen. Li Zuocheng to promise that if the United States was \u201cgoing to attack [China], I\u2019m going to call you ahead of time. It\u2019s not going to be a surprise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition, on Milley\u2019s watch, the military has gone the way of all major institutions, by embracing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/woke-gen-milleys-finding-firsthand-kremlin-isnt-going-play-rules\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">woke agenda<\/a>, discouraging many patriotic Americans from joining it.<\/p>\n<p>The Protective Service knows that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mark-levin-pelosi-key-role-gen-milleys-undercutting-trumps-military-authority\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Milley<\/a> will face this criticism when he leaves, and they cannot stand it. Therefore, like the Biden administration, the only way they can defeat it is to silence it.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/gen-milley-retires-battalion-will-tasked-trawling-social-media-one-type-post\/\">When Gen. Milley Retires, Battalion Will Be Tasked with Trawling Social Media for One Type of Post<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General Mark Milley, the retiring chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has assigned a special battalion to safeguard his reputation by monitoring social media. This move comes as he prepares to leave office, with the aim of protecting his image. The Intercept reports on this development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2016,"featured_media":1956210,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1956209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1956209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2016"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1956209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1956209\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1956210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1956209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1956209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1956209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}